The conference will present both international and national perspectives on CSR contributed by IBL's international partners including International Business Leaders' Forum-IBLF (a global CSR organization founded in the UK which facilitated IBL's establishment in 1998), Business for Social Responsibility-BSR (a leading CSR organization from the US), Center for International Private Enterprise -CIPE, International Labor Organization-ILO, plus other Asian counterparts. Representatives from multi-national and national companies and state owned enterprises together with local CSR experts will discuss and explain the challenges faced when building partnerships for sustainable development in the Indonesian context.

To create a conducive learning forum, several concurrent working groups will convene to focus on the real and practical experiences of companies, NGOs, and local governments when building partnerships.

The discussions will cover key issues for effective CSR, i.e. leadership quality, policy instrumentation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.

The topics will cover the following developmental issues;

• Corporate Governance and Transparency
• Local Economic Development
• Human Capital Development
• Environment Protection
• Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction

Conference Theme

"BUILDING MULTI-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT"

Goals and objectives

Main objectives of The 3rd International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility are to raise the awareness on CSR among private sector and relevant stakeholders, to encourage business to be more socially responsible, and to create an enabling environment or building multi-stakeholder partnership.

The 3rd International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility has the following primary goals:

1. To identify and build multi-sector partnership opportunities
2. To highlight innovative programs and best practices in CSR by corporations in Indonesia and other countries
3. To identify multi-sectoral partnership opportunities to environmental, social and governance issues pertaining to companies.

Target Audience

Primary target market of The 3rd International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility is the CEOs and the senior corporate executives in charge of corporate social responsibility. Typically they are in-charge of external relations/affairs, community relations, or compliance. We are also expecting leaders of civil society organizations (NGOs, universities) and government officials. Around 300 delegates are expected to attend.

Elements of the Conference

The conference program includes a combination of plenary and concurrent break-out sessions featuring business and national leaders, as well as high-ranking executives from international organizations and non-government organizations operating/represented in Indonesia.

Program components:

• Plenary sessions
  These will feature prominent business leaders, CSR experts, or government leaders to inspire participants with the environment-and socially-friendly management trends and innovations and the implications for business in Indonesia.
• Break-out sessions
  There will be 5 groups representing areas of CSR mentioned above.
• Expo on Corporate Social Responsibility
  The expo will showcase the current CSR programs implemented by companies, civil society, and government. It is designed as a market place for networking and interaction.
• Website
  Information about this conference & exhibition will be available on-line at www.ibl-conference.org and will link to www.ibl.or.id. The conference site features information and updates about the event, including registration and inquiries.

The Organizer

Royalindo has appointed as the Event Organizer (EO) to handle the technical & logistic matters. The selection was carried out through competitive bidding. The EO is helping on coordinating the conference, expo, travel/accommodation (if needed), and other logistics and resource mobilization, and also sponsorships. Royalindo will liaise with appointed PR company, supplier and vendors for technical matters.

The principal organizer of this conference is Indonesia Business Links. The Steering Committee comprises of IBL's Boards members and executives, prominent civil society leaders, and government representatives:

Steering Committee:

Mr. Noke Kiroyan - Chairman

Mr. Armando Mahler

Mr. Heru Prasetyo

Mr. YW Junardy

Ms. Parmaningsih Hadinegoro

Ms. Tuti Hadiputranto

Conference Chairman

Mr. Tom Malik

Organizing Committee

The Conference Secretariat is based at IBL Office. Contact details:

Ms. Ika Sutan Assin, Conference Manager
Menara Kartika Chandra, 7th Floor,Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto 18-20. Jakarta.
Telp: 6221-5202530/33 ext. 110, (0816) 944 732, Email: conference.mgr@ibl.or.id

About IBL

IBL was established as a business forum in 1998, for which IBLF was instrumental in the setting up stage. IBL was registered as a foundation in 2001 and now has over 45 corporate members, and hundreds of program partners (corporate, government and civil society). IBL aims at raising awareness and building the private sector capacities on CSR. It also helps building partnership initiatives for sustainable development.

IBL was initially partly funded by UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and has since received supports from DFID (UK Department for International Development), USAID (United States Agency for International Development) - through International Youth Foundation, IFC (International Finance Corporations), ILO (International Labour Organization), IBLF (International Business Leaders Forum), CIPE (Centre for International Private Enterprise) and the Ford Foundation. IBL implements several programs including Business Ethics, Young Entrepreneurs Start-Up (YES) in Indonesia, Small Business Development and Environment. IBL holds a bi-annual CSR conference, starting from 2006. IBL is also active in international networking, with a number of like-minded organizations. Visit our website at www.ibl.or.id.